Document
Handed by the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Toyoda) to the Ambassador
in Japan (Grew), September 22, 1941

TEXT OF BASIC
JAPANESE TERMS OF PEACE WITH CHINA

1. Neighborly
friendship.

2. Respect for
sovereignty and territorial integrity.

3. Cooperative
defense between Japan and China.

Cooperation
between Japan and China for the purposes of pre­venting communistic and other
subversive activities which may con­stitute a menace to the security of both
countries and of maintaining the public order in China.

Stationing of
Japanese troops and naval forces in certain areas in the Chinese territory for
a necessary period for the purposes referred to above and in accordance with
the existing agreements and usages.

4. Withdrawal of
Japanese armed forces.

The Japanese
armed forces which have been dispatched to China for carrying out the China
Affairs will be withdrawn from China upon the settlement of the said Affairs,
excepting those troops which come under point 3.

5. Economic
cooperation.

(a) There
shall be economic cooperation between Japan and China, having the development
and utilization of essential materials for na­tional defense in China as its
principal objective.

(b) The
preceding paragraph does not mean to restrict any eco­nomic activities by third
Powers in China so long as they are pursued on an equitable basis.

6. Fusion of the
Chiang Kai‑shek regime and the Wang Chingwei Government.